UFC: Most submission attempts per 15 minutes

Name: UFC: Most submission attempts per 15 minutes
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The all-time UFC top 100, rebuilt from every completed UFC fight in our database.

Updated September 22, 2026

A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.

#	Fighter	Most submission attempts per 15 minutes	Submission attempts	Bouts
1	Wes Schultz	3.6	7	5
2	Tim Credeur	3.3	8	5
3	Ivan Salaverry	2.9	10	7
4	Rousimar Palhares	2.8	14	11
5	Ricardo Almeida	2.6	10	6
6	Julian Marquez	2.6	12	9
7	Rob Kimmons	2.4	8	7
8	Martin Kampmann	2.3	4	5
9	Joe Doerksen	2.3	14	9
10	Bo Nickal	2.3	8	9
11	Jeremy Horn	2.2	11	10
12	Ryan Jensen	2.2	5	8
13	Tom Lawlor	2.2	9	8
14	Jason MacDonald	2.0	11	14
15	Eugene Jackson	1.9	5	7
16	Oskar Piechota	1.9	5	5
17	Mike Massenzio	1.9	5	6
18	Evan Tanner	1.7	11	12
19	Kyle Noke	1.7	4	5
20	Caio Magalhaes	1.6	6	7
21	Kendall Grove	1.5	11	12
22	Charles Byrd	1.5	3	6
23	Gerald Meerschaert	1.5	22	26
24	Dan Miller	1.4	12	11
25	Anthony Hernandez	1.4	15	13
26	Demian Maia	1.4	13	13
27	Ed Herman	1.3	11	15
28	Matt Lindland	1.3	9	11
29	Andre Petroski	1.2	11	13
30	CB Dollaway	1.2	12	18
31	Kyle Daukaus	1.2	6	9
32	Dustin Stoltzfus	1.1	9	12
33	Luke Rockhold	1.1	6	10
34	Zach Reese	1.1	4	8
35	Thales Leites	1.1	20	21
36	Andre Muniz	1.1	8	12
37	Nassourdine Imavov	1.1	11	10
38	Josh Fremd	1.1	5	6
39	Brendan Allen	1.1	15	18
40	Markus Perez	1.0	5	7
41	Jorge Santiago	1.0	3	5
42	Wellington Turman	1.0	5	7
43	Eric Spicely	1.0	3	7
44	Tresean Gore	1.0	5	8
45	Magnus Cedenblad	1.0	3	6
46	Brad Scott	1.0	4	6
47	Pete Sell	0.9	3	5
48	Rodolfo Vieira	0.9	7	11
49	Joe Pyfer	0.9	5	10
50	Jacare Souza	0.9	8	15
51	Nate Marquardt	0.9	14	23
52	Drew McFedries	0.9	1	8
53	Garreth McLellan	0.9	3	5
54	Brian Stann	0.9	3	6
55	Mike Swick	0.9	2	6
56	Tim Boetsch	0.8	9	17
57	JunYong Park	0.8	9	13
58	Chris Weidman	0.8	10	18
59	Torrez Finney	0.8	3	5
60	Alan Belcher	0.8	7	13
61	Antonio Carlos Junior	0.8	6	10
62	Chris Leben	0.8	10	22
63	Jacob Malkoun	0.7	5	9
64	Joseph Holmes	0.7	2	5
65	Karl Roberson	0.7	3	7
66	Dean Lister	0.7	3	5
67	Ikram Aliskerov	0.7	2	7
68	Francis Carmont	0.7	5	9
69	Ian Heinisch	0.7	4	8
70	Scott Askham	0.7	3	6
71	Maki Pitolo	0.7	2	6
72	Michel Pereira	0.6	3	8
73	Nick Catone	0.6	3	6
74	Roman Dolidze	0.6	6	11
75	Kevin Holland	0.6	7	16
76	Dricus Du Plessis	0.6	7	11
77	Khamzat Chimaev	0.6	3	6
78	Trevor Smith	0.6	6	12
79	Mark Munoz	0.6	5	14
80	Kalib Starnes	0.6	2	5
81	Derek Brunson	0.6	7	21
82	Abus Magomedov	0.6	3	8
83	Albert Duraev	0.6	2	5
84	Cody Brundage	0.6	4	14
85	Phil Baroni	0.6	3	9
86	Reinier de Ridder	0.5	3	6
87	Cezar Ferreira	0.5	5	13
88	Yushin Okami	0.5	8	18
89	Wanderlei Silva	0.5	1	5
90	Brunno Ferreira	0.5	3	12
91	Rafael Natal	0.5	7	17
92	Kevin Casey	0.5	2	5
93	Dongi Yang	0.5	2	5
94	Chris Camozzi	0.5	7	19
95	Gegard Mousasi	0.4	3	11
96	Aaron Simpson	0.4	3	9
97	Marvin Vettori	0.4	8	17
98	Luke Barnatt	0.4	2	6
99	Anthony Smith	0.4	2	7
100	Anderson Silva	0.4	6	20

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